Spring-support for buggy-bows.



No. 853,114. PATENTE-D MAY 7,- 1907.

- L. PIGUE-T.

. SPRING SUPPORTF-OR BUGGY BOWS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.26. 1906.

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SPRING-SUPPORT FOR BUGGY-BOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed February 26,1906. Serial No. 303,085.

0 all whom, it 777/6111] concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. PIGUET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chanute, in the county of Neosho and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Supports for BuggyBows, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an im proved support for the bows of vehicle tops and has for its object to provide a device of this character which can be readily applied to any vehicle and which will effectively pre vent any injury to the bows due to jolting when the vehicle is employed upon rough roads.

A further object is to so construct the support that it can be adjusted to suit the requirements of different lengths of bows and to regulate the spring action according to the character of the roads.

l/Vith these objects in view, the device comprises essentially a piece of spring metal, one end of which is adjustably connected to the shifting rail while the opposite end is provided with a seat upon which the bows are adapted to rest.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a top plan view; and Fig. 41s a sectional view on the line 9cac of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the spring support which is preferably formed of a single bar of metal, the forward end of which is slidably mounted upon the shifting rail 2 while the rear end is provided with a seat for the reception'of the bows 4.

In the preferred form of the invention, the support 1 is provided at an intermediate point and somewhat near the forward end with an offset portion 5 which extends inwardly and upwardly toward the shifting rail so as to throw the rearwardly extending portion of the support outwardly and downwardly therefrom. Aspring clip 6 is employed to secure the support in position and this clip 6 is preferably formed by bending a piece of metal so as to fit around the shifting rail 2, the ends of the metal piece being bent outwardly so as to embrace the support 1. This spring clip 6 is preferably located so as to engage the spring support 1 adjacent the offset portion 5 and is connected to the support by means of a bolt or other suitable fastening means 7. When the bolt 7 is loosened the clip 6 can be moved longitudinally upon the shifting rail 2 so as to adjust the seat 3 to suit the length of the bows 4c. The forward extremity of the support 1 is formed with a longitudinal groove or de ression 8 which fits against the lower face 0' the shifting rail 2. the bows 4 is preferably in the form of a fork, the two arms of which are formed of spring material and have their upper portions bent inwardly and then outwardly as seen at 9. The outwardly bent portions serve as a guide to direct the bows 4 into the seat 3 and to enable them to force the spring arms slightly apart. The object of forming the seat in this manner is to prevent the bows from being jolted out of the seat when the-vehicle is used on rough roads. When the spring support is thus applied to the shifting rail, it will be apparent that an intermediate point thereof will rest upon the prop bolt 10 and the spring action of the device will depend very largely upon the amount the rear wardly extending portion projects beyond the prop bolt. Upon rough roads, where it is desired to obtain a very yielding support ,the clip 6 is adjusted upon the shifting rail 2 so as to bring it adjacent to the prop bolt and give the seat 8 a long spring arm, and where only a slightly yielding support is desired, the seat 3 is moved up close to the prop bolt. A soft lining of rubber, felt, or other suitable material will of course be provided for the seat 3 in order to prevent any injury to the bows.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: Y

1. A spring support for the bows of vehicle tops comprising a bar of spring material which extends along the shifting rail, one end of the bar being provided with a depression to receive the lower portion of the shift ing rail, a clip slidably mounted upon the shifting rail and connected to the bar, and a seat at the opposite end of the bar adapted to receive the bows.

2. A spring support for the bows of vehicle The seat 3 which engages with tops comprising a bar of spring material at the rear end of the bar, said seat having a IO 7 which extends along the shifting rail and spring engagement with the bows. rests at an intermediate point upon the prop In testimony whereof I aifix my signature bolt, said bar llloeipg provided with arfi gfiset in presence of two witnesses.

ortion and t e orward end t ereo ein i ormed with a depression to receive the lowe? LOUIS PIGUET' portion of the shifting rail, a clip secured to Witnesses: the forward portion of the bar and slidably H. W. JACKSON, mounted upon the shifting rail, and a seat I C. M. BROBST. 

